Lauren Graham - Lauren Graham Appreciation 110~Adoration never came so easily!

A. B. Normal · 09-13-2004, 04:41 AM

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Welcome to the Lauren Graham Appreciation Thread 110!

Title? Come on. You know you adore her.

Make sure you visit the Lorelai Gilmore Thread on the Gilmore Girls board for more Lorelai centric discussions.

Check out the last thread here

Interview Update
Jimmy Kimmel Live on September 20.

Magazine Update
Entertainment Weekly

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Fanart of the Thread

Found at www.darksidebaby.com/walls/graham.htm

Movie News

The Pacifier

The Moguls

Seeing Other People

"Fathers and Sons"

* It's going to air on Showtime in about 6 months. (note: this time has passed, we've got no information on if/when this will air)
* A quote from Lauren about the movie: . . .it's three kind of short films strung together kind of in the theme of, um, fathers and sons. And I only know mine, which is, which I have to age like 25 years. Like, I start my age and then I go into the future.
* Premise/Synopsis:
Revolves around the intertwined tales of three families who grow up on the same street, focusing on the relationship of fathers and sons.
The first section, directed by Spera, features Anthony (Whitford) and Jenny (Mathis) and traces the father-son bond that develops between Anthony and his newborn son over 30 years.
The second story, helmed by Garcia, centers on the affairs of an airline pilot
(Mahoney) who shares a house but not a life with his wife (Baker). He crosses paths with an unusual woman (DuVall) and spends an extraordinary night with his
son (Eldard).
The final chapter, with Rappaport at the helm, follows the homecoming of Elliot (Harold) to his estranged family (Barbara Barrie, Joe Bologna and Lisa
Edelstein). As his father dies, Elliot meets and falls in love with a woman (Shaw) who sees past his tough-guy exterior.
Jessalyn Gilsig, Reiko Aylesworth, Meredith Monroe, Phillip Rhys and Joanna
Gleason round out the cast.
Mockingbird Pictures' Julie Lynn ("Wit") is producing, with Garcia serving as
executive producer.
Garcia directed "Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her." Spera's credits
include "Last Cry." Rappaport helmed "Blindness."
Cast:
A passel of current and former TV stars have signed on to indie feature "Fathers and Sons," a drama about three neighboring families. Among them: Bradley Whitford ("The West Wing"), John Mahoney ("Frasier"), Gale Harold ("Queer as Folk"), Samantha Mathis ("The Mists of Avalon"), Kathy Baker ("Boston Public"), Ron Eldard ("ER") and Barbara Barrie ("Barney Miller," "Suddenly Susan").
Directors:
Rodrigo Garcia, Rob Spera and Jared Rappaport

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Definitely listen (Part 1 and Part 2) or read the transcript of the SMASH event Lauren participated in Summer 2003!

Check out this hilarious interview of Lauren on KTLA, here

Lauren was on the special Before They Were Stars. They used her AT&T commercial from 1994. Check it out here

Check out a past appearance by Lauren on Kilborn here

Other Lauren videos of interest can be found at the wonderous Canopus' webpage.

Why We Love Lauren

1. Because she plays Lorelai!
2. Because she's tall!
3. Because we're her satellite people!
4. Because she's amazingly talented, funny, smart, and beautiful.
5. Because she's a creative imaginative person!
6. Because we love her diamond studs!
7. Because WE know she should've gotten an Emmy nomination!
8. Because she's funny as hell!
9. Because her comedic timing is insanely accurate (oh, I'm sorry - she's funny as hell.)
10. Because we still don't know mundane things about her--like what CDs are currently in rotation in her CD player, whether or not she eats crappy things like pop tarts, or if she likes peanut butter.
11. Because she's from Virginia.
12. Because she's honest.
13. Because she wears Levi's.
14. Because even though she's beautiful, and men think she's hot - you could never think ill of her. She's one of "those".
15. Because she's always willing to help people out. Even when it comes to looking more like herself so they can recognize her.
16. Because she's down-to-earth and sweet.
17. Because she's always stylish and professional.
18. Because she's gone through a hard life and never takes what she has for granted.
19. Because she started her career in a dog costume, but look where she is now!
20. Because she has sparkly blue eyes!
21. Because her hair is not silky--it's really curly and crazy.
22. Because she was an ENGLISH major.
23. Because she was born in Hawaii.
24. Because she got to make out with Keanu Reeves, Casper Van Dien, Benjamin Bratt, David Sutcliffe, and Scott Cohen, and that's just from TV.
25. Because she always cracks us up when she goes on Craig Kilborne and "flirts."
26. Because she put quotes around "decorator" just to embarass him.
27. Because she LOVES coffee, just like Lorelai.
28. Because she'll get to keep the monogramed stuff after the show ends.
29. Because Lauren Graham is a good role model.
30. Because even though she's 34 she doesn't act a day over 17.
31. Because she always wears a smile.
32. Because we want to be just like her when we grow up.
33. Because she thinks cherry is a flavor AND a color.
34. Because she STILL wears the diamond earings every time we see her
35. Because she works out during her lunchbreak (that's really why we hate her)
36. Because she has hair issues just like the rest of us
37. Because she was REALLY smart and funny even in high school
38. Because she wears really great glasses on and off screen
39. Because she won a Family Television Award and thanked basically everyone she's ever met
40. Because she drives a green Land Rover
41. Because she has a soft spot for female blues/folk/sappy stuff.
42. Because we finally know some of the music she listens to: Alicia Keys, India Arie, Emmylou Harris, and John Coltrane.
43. Because the reason she's 5 minutes late to work in the mornings is because she stops to get coffee.
44. Because -- *according to Lukecoffeeman* -- she looks just as good going as she does coming.
45. She was the "sexiest" nominee in her category for the SAG Awards, sorry Sela.
46. Because she's Miss Happy Golden Globe Nominee
47. Because you can play checkers on her skirt!
48. Because she earns and deserves every award coming her way, and that'll be ALOT.
49. A teeny, tiny part of her thought "Clooney wants me"........to sign a poster.
50. A horse bit her delicious fingers, so she shot it.
51. The only word she could form when asked if she *looked* at Keanu during their nude scene: YEAH!
52. She *tries* to get respect on the set.
53. The crowd at the Golden Globes chanted her name!
54. She was nominated for a Golden Globe for Drama and a Golden Satellite in Comedy in the same weekend, proving her range as an actress.
55. Because Joan Rivers called her "chic as hell" and Leon Hall she "got an A+ and can go to the head of the class" among EVERYONE at the Golden Globes.
56. Because fans are starting to hunt down her work prior to Gilmore Girls b/c she's fabulous in everything she's done.
57. 'Cause she lives for her talk show apperances just like us!
58. 'Cause she's written articles for Self and InStyle magazines (she DID go to Columbia after all!)
59. 'Cause she brought the perfect date to the SAGS...her dad!
60. 'Cause she's not that articulate, but she still gets her point across!
61. 'Cause she "made out" with Craig Kilborn...they've got chemistry!
62. 'Cause she really is like that...."just drunk all the time."
63. 'Cause she's going to Holland to buy some...."clogs, tulips, and hashesh."
64. 'Cause her dad made it on Dateline!
65. 'Cause her dad's Willy Wonka and brought Rosie and her audience chocolate baskets!
66. 'Cause she's headlining in Moss Hart and George Kauffman's play "Once in a Lifetime" during hiatus!
67. 'Cause David Alan Grier called her a goofball!
68. 'Cause Rosie kept her word and brought her back!
69. 'Cause taking her to a craft store would be a freaking riot!
70. 'Cause she's so sweet to her fans!
71. 'Cause she rocked in 'Once In A Lifetime'!
72. 'Cause she's busy, busy, busy .. like a really tall bee!
73. 'Cause she got the role as 'leading lady' in the movie 'Bad Santa'!
74. 'Cause she's sweet to her fans!
75. 'Cause she stole the picture in Dill Scallion. Her Kristi Sue is a big ol' piece of pie -- sugary, light-as-air meringue with plenty of tart filling and boot-leather-tough crust at the bottom!
76. 'Cause Rosie kept her word and brought her back!
77. 'Cause taking her to a craft store would be a freaking riot!
78. 'Cause she's so sweet to her fans!
79. 'Cause she rocked in 'Once In A Lifetime', we?ve got witnesses!
80. 'Cause in New York City, she worked as a cocktail waitress and even a bike messenger (she lasted only one day)!
81. 'Cause she got the role as 'leading lady' in the movie 'Bad Santa'!
82. She likes playing wisecracking smart gals!
83. Despite 16 hour days relaxation comes in the form of watching the occasional TV show -- usually something "somewhat inane. Plus running every day, reading, seeing friends and having people over for dinner.
84. Cause she won't stop coming back to the Berkshires until she gets a sandwich!
85. Her sandwich would be turkey, sprouts and veggies, in fact, it would be the Bo Derek!
86. She describes her and Alexis Bledel?s chemistry as ?freakish.?
87. She?s truly a teen from the 80s; her favorite actress from her teen years is former Townies co-star Molly Ringwald.
88. She starts babbling when she gets nervous.
89. She thinks Lorelai could eat a little humble pie from time to time.
90. She?s into the business of show business, but fame is just weird.
91. She sees Gilmore Girls as an adult show!
92. Cause Tom Welling told her "I love your show- it's really cool and funny." And she said, "I know, dude." And he's this big, strapping 25-year-old!
93. Cause she knows it takes a while for a big, strapping guy to feel OK about watching something with Girls in the title...but she?s there to push it!
94. She loves the relationship of Lorelai and Emily, because it grew so painfully and slowly, and that's real.
95. Because the real behind-the-scenes system to keep the cast and crew caffienated at all times is her PA making regular trips to Starbucks.
96. She was a teacher for The Princeton Review for many years in New York.
97. Drivers who don't signal drive her crazy!
98. She still has the same small group of friends she had when she stared out.
99. She didn't do anything that Julia Roberts turned down, but there was stuff she was offered that she considered doing but decided it wasn't different enough.
100. Horse racing's loss is Hollywood's gain, and ours too!
101. She was named second in September?s Top Ten TV Stunners!
102. NBC is as crazy about the Gilmore Girls star as we are, and would love to have her back sometime on Conan, according to critic Matt Roush.
103. She was named one of Entertainment Weekly?s TV's Women of the Year!
104. Her first concert was James Taylor. She went with her dad. The second concert, which she went to with friends, was Pat Benatar!
105. When she was 17 her celebrity crushes were Shaun Cassidy and Sean Penn!
106. If there's ever an impending wedding, she will tip E!
107. In a guy she really likes talent--and someone who is ambitious and really enjoys their life and, uh...is cute.
108. She is who she is and she does the best she can!

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Lauren Graham and Amy Sherman-Palladino bat down any suggestion that the Family Friendly Forum influences the show's content. Sherman-Palladino didn't even know about the arrangement until after shooting had begun. And Graham wonders out loud, "Do we all have to be friendly with each other?"

Post about the woman. That's why we're all here!

**Imzadi** · 09-13-2004, 05:53 AM

awww new thread

yay.. and i amde the first post

KiwiKid · 09-13-2004, 06:32 AM

Lex
There are a few pics I had not seen before. One of them is of Lauren smoking. I thought she quit? Is that pic from a film or is it a candid? How long ago? I like her suit or at least the suit jacket.

~Kitty · 09-13-2004, 06:50 AM

That pic of her smoking is from her latest movie.. 'Seeing Other People', it's an indie film.. it just came out on dvd.. you can get it over at Amazon.com

The character she's playing, Claire, is actually smoking a joint.

And that suit is her own, because of low budget, the actors provided their own clothes.

KiwiKid · 09-13-2004, 07:43 AM

Thanks Kitty,
Seeing other people never made it over to this side of the Equator.
I can add it to my pre-ordered GG season 2 vid set.

**Imzadi** · 09-13-2004, 08:20 AM

lol lauren smoking a joint .. well i think i have to buy this movie

A. B. Normal · 09-13-2004, 11:55 AM

LMAO

Ahhh, anyway...

Here's where I start begging for a banner. Anyone? Just something simple, not asking for fireworks here. I'll be early before the next thread!